this week, speaker john boehner sent a letter to the president asking him to step in. i've reached out to my colleagues and the urgent members of the obama administration to take action. because of our efforts, there are signs of progress for a plan for a long-term solution. we need to finish the job and do so soon. this scrambling as a perfect illustration of why we to take the politics out of student loans was ever on. we should seize the opportunity before us. i urge president obama to get engaged so stop the rate hike and deliver a long-term solution our students and their families deserve. thank you for listening. the director of the heritage foundation and the cato institute debate immigration policy. the managing editor looks at the congressional agenda before the recess. the carnegie endowment for international peace discusses the recent iranian presidential election. --ch a journal live at seven 7:00 a.m. fors a challenging time people who are conservatives. we have not only a democratic president but a quite liberal president was not been elected but reelecte